Left: Watching helplessly from the back of a motorbike as my friend takes on a typical rush hour intersection on one of Hanoi’s major roads. Right: In Hanoi’s maze of alleyways, motorbikes function better as family vehicles than, say, a minivan. When I first arrived in Hanoi, I was stunned by the seemingly lawless pandemonium of […]
“The City came into being to preserve life, it exists for the good life.” — Aristotle “Gotta Catch ’Em All” — Proverb By Michael Sampson and Marc Caswell, Alta Planning + Design Have you noticed that public plazas and sidewalks have been more busy lately — full of people wandering around looking at their phones (a little more than usual)? For […]
by Anne Conlon, Senior Planner with Collin Chesston, Planner The City of Memphis’ pedestrian network includes over 3,400 miles of existing sidewalks. That’s roughly equivalent to the distance between Seattle and Miami! As the City’s public infrastructure has aged, the growing need for repair and maintenance of this network has significantly outpaced the maintenance completed […]
by Cathy Cibor, Senior Planner at Alta Planning + Design What do coffee cups, internet radio, and traffic signal control boxes have in common? Sorry, no clever punch line here. They’re actually three of the creative media sources helping to spread the word about Heads Up, a fun and impactful pedestrian safety campaign happening in […]
